PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Folsom, Calif

Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

• Identified, proof - read and updated institutional documentation for Cal ISO, the independent operator responsible for managing California's energy grid.
• Developed standardized information technology template in MS Word that was used as a model to format, layout and design all technical documentation.
• Generated regular summary reports and forms in MS Excel to aggregate all edited documents and maintain checklists of workflow progress.
• Implemented documentation management strategy using Microsoft SharePoint.
• Used Metadata tags, integrated Web parts and Term Stores to create updated taxonomy system for inter-departmental documentation.
• Created multiple custom views within SharePoint to streamline document search and discovery process.

Confidential, Washington, D.C

Contributing Editor & Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Wrote industry-leading best practices articles and a regular technology column for Multifamily Executive, the leading trade journal in the national apartment industry.
• Project manager for the annual “Top 50” issue of Multifamily Executive, ranking the biggest, best and brightest in the apartment industry.
• Project manager for Multifamily Live, a virtual conference in the apartment industry.
• Hosted live industry-focused webinars, presenting to a virtual audience and moderating panels of expert speakers.
• Created and produced custom publications and copy for several clients within the home-building industry.
• Developed and interviewed sources across real estate and construction industries to contribute articles to several of Confidential 's sector-leading B2B publications.
• American Society of Business Publication Editors s for “Tech Specs” column in Multifamily Executive.

Confidential, Rosenberg, Texas

Contributing Editor & Writer

Responsibilities:

• Developed industry-leading best practices column for the predominant trade journal in the fiber optic networking industry.
• Interviewed engineers, network systems architects and technology vendors to document the implementation of real-world fiber optic networks.
• Identified challenges and business and engineering solutions for broadband infrastructure implementation at the national level.

Confidential, Washington, D.C

Editor

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with Scholars and Program Associates to ensure uniform tone across a collaborative, multi-author document.
• Ensured contextual presentation of content, and provided background information to inform non-practitioner readers.
• Researched history and current events pertinent to the Anatolian peninsula and the Middle East to place policy discussion in a broader context for general readers.

Confidential, Chicago

Independent Content Consultant & Online Writer

Responsibilities:

• Produced Web-based articles for HouseLogic.com, while following in-house style guide and creating how-to tutorials in support of NAR’s home-owning client base.
• Interviewed subject matter experts across various home construction categories to identify problem areas for new home owners.
• Identified and interviewed industry specific vendors to isolate critical solutions for homeowner challenges.

Confidential, Carrollton, Texas

Independent Content Consultant, Online Editor & Writer

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed subject matter experts and company executives at the largest software provider to the national apartment industry.
• Identified business solutions within client’s suite of technology applications.
• Produced case-study articles detailing the implementation of software solutions for client's marketing Web site.

Confidential, Washington, D.C

Independent Contractor, Editor & Writer

Responsibilities:

• Documented and edited The New Guard and Reserve, a 278-page book analyzing force needs in today’s military for presentation to Congress.
• Distilled raw technical analysis and academic studies into readable, understandable text to be consumed by Congressional decision makers.
• Followed DOD’s internal style template, as well as the Chicago Manual of Style, to produce a document within the client’s institutional format.
• Helped produce a “doomsday” briefing paper for the incoming administration in case of nuclear, biological or terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Confidential, Dulles, Va

Independent Content Consultant, Online Editor & Writer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and maintained ongoing Web content for an outdoor-targeted publication within client’s suite of media properties.
• Interfaced with remote, automated publishing tool to edit and distribute articles and other content in real-time and time-delayed scenarios.
• Generated all ideas and content for primary section of Web site.

Confidential, Atlanta

Staff Reporter

Responsibilities:

• Covered general business news for Confidential, a weekly, regional section of the paper for its young reporters program. Stories included a “Heard in the Southeast” stock analysis, a report on the buyout of the world’s two largest kayak makers and a feature on the economic impact of a national nudist convention in a small Georgia town.